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Posted on February 23, 2014February 23, 2014

Dancing Membranes

A friend of mine posts on his blog “lay summaries” of papers he writes, which I’ve always thought is a good use for a blog, though I’ve never gotten around to doing it. One of my graduate students will defend his Ph.D. in a few days, and so this seems like a good opportunity to … Continue reading Dancing Membranes

Posted on February 8, 2014February 8, 2014

The Snow Raccoon

For the second time this winter, Eugene has been hit by snow, which brings the town to a halt. The university is closed, but my lab is buzzing along nicely and I’ve had a more productive day than usual due to the lack of meetings. If only I could shut down the university and disable … Continue reading The Snow Raccoon

Posted on February 1, 2014

Bad Graph of the Week (in 3D!)

This week’s bad graph* plots three-dimensional data with a squashed perspective, hiding any scatter of the points along the “out of plane” axis: The cognoscenti will recognize the plot as visualizing the outcome of principal component analysis (PCA), in this case applied to the microbial communities in mice fed dust from homes** with dogs (D) … Continue reading Bad Graph of the Week (in 3D!)

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